With the theme “Enhancing Vietnamese shrimp - Developing OCOP products”, the festival will incorporate multiple activities, such as forums, seminars, exhibitions, cultural and eco-tourism events, and cooking contests featuring myriad shrimp dishes.

The shrimp festival is the largest and most anticipated event under the province’s “Ca Mau-Destination 2023” programme, held to promote local tourism.

Ca Mau leads the country in shrimp farming area, with roughly 27🐽6,000 hectares. It is also among the top in terms of fishery product output as well as capacity in exploitation, farming, p🦄rocessing technology, and exports./.